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For the life of me!!! Ball joint question 200 1990

posted by  Jim Holst on  Mon Oct 7 05:30 CST 2002
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When I replaced mine, I removed the ball joint from the car which took some tapping and wriggling to get it loose after taking the 4 bolts out of the strut anchor and the 3 bolts out of the control arm, and put the ball joint in a vise so that the ball joint was pushed into the anchor. This keeps the ball joint from turning as you loosen the nut holding it to the anchor. Once the nut comes free, you can remove the ball joint from the vise, take the nut off. Replacement is the reverse. I recall getting the 4 bolts back into the bottom of the strut was tricky. I think I had to get one of them started with the strut anchor loose, then push the anchor up tight and put the other bolts in.






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